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Here for your amusement, completely unedited, are some heartfelt one-star Amazon book reviews! (I have left off any names, although most of them are written anonymously.)[sic throughout]

Here for your amusement, completely unedited, are some heartfelt one-star Amazon book reviews! (I have left off any names, although most of them are written anonymously.)[sic throughout]

We’ve seen it happen: Review campaigns are launched with no ARC, no finished book and/or no book available for pre-order or order on Amazon. A huge book PR campaign launches and the author gets a great interview – but the book is only available at one (or no) retailer because it was just released. Amazon book reviewers are excited about posting a review but can’t because of availability. On the flip side, a publisher releases a fantastic book but budgets for a year for a major PR campaign – making it too late to secure good publicity for the book.

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For Napoleon Chagnon, and his already-enormous cadre of Amazon book reviewers, he’s the only anthropologist who did real fieldwork. It’s an accusation that, ironically enough, was lodged against Sidney Mintz when he did his fieldwork in Puerto Rico:

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These days I don’t review as many books as I have in recent years. After reading 50+ books a year for a couple of years I found myself burnt out. I’d built up a good reputation in the publishing world and even moved into the top tier of the Amazon book reviewers. I had a constant stream of Christian books being delivered to my doorstep without me having to request them. One author even asked me to write a blurb for the front of her book, along with other well known ‘names.’ I was enthralled with myself. I read her book, wrote a few well-worded sentences, and sent it to her and her publisher. When my promised, published copy came in the mail my name, and statement, had been left out. I realized it hurt too much, and that this silly reviewing game was more about sales and popularity than it was about the message of the books.

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the authors ability to express and explore this theme, and provide an opinion of the novel. Also known as a book critic. Many of Amazon book reviewers actually influence the purchase of authors novels.

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“ Amazon Book reviewers describe Paige as a Blessing to parents, while Adults Protecting Children recommend this book for parents who have discovered that their child has been sexually abused in the past. ”

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Eduardo Santiago is a kind and generous man, and I object to seeing him cast in any other light. I do believe the majority of Amazon book reviewers are objective and truthful in relating their opinions of a book, and I applaud Amazons policy of full disclosure (including negative reviews along with the good ones) in the interest of better customer service. Short of slander, I would like to suggest that the negatives may help us distinguish between thoughtful review and pure spite. As an example, the jealousy and spitefulness of a reviewer who follows this author like a puppynipping at the heels of its mastershould be glaringly obvious to the rest of us.